柘黄

柘黃
zhèhuáng
yellow dye made from the bark of the 柘 zhè tree

CEDICT

reddish-yellow dye produced from the bark of silkworm thorn (Maclura tricuspidata), used for imperial robes

Wiktionary

用柘木汁染成的赤黄色，自隋、唐以后，比喻为帝王的服色。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 柘 zhè
  1. a thorny tree
  2. sugarcane
  3. Cudrania triloba
  4. three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata)
  5. Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
2 黄 huáng
  1. yellow
  2. pornographic
  3. to fall through